NASA kicks off new Moon program with Artemis I flight test
NASA's Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bill Ingalls/NASA/dpa

US space agency NASA has launched the unmanned Artemis I flight test to the Moon following multiple delays.

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 am (0647 GMT), after delays due to technical issues and adverse weather conditions.

"We are going," NASA tweeted. "Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration."